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Eva Schlecht is affiliated with the University of Göttingen in Germany. Their research spans multiple disciplines within agricultural and environmental sciences, focusing extensively on livestock ecology, ruminant nutrition, and sustainable agriculture.

The scientist's main fields of study include Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Within these broader categories, the principal subfields consist of Animal Science and Zoology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

Key research topics addressed by Eva Schlecht include:

  • Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
  • Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
  • Agriculture and Rural Development Research
  • Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Urban Agriculture and Sustainability

Frequently publishing in well-established journals, Schlecht's most common venues are:

  • Sustainability
  • Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
  • Animals
  • PLoS ONE
  • Biology

Some recent publications by Eva Schlecht cover a range of topics related to livestock and agricultural sustainability, including:

  • "Severe below-maintenance feed intake increases methane yield from enteric fermentation in cattle," 2020, British Journal Of Nutrition
  • "Food security and food quality among vanilla farmers in Madagascar: the role of contract farming and livestock keeping," 2021, Food Security
  • "Rurbanity: a concept for the interdisciplinary study of rural-urban transformation," 2023, Sustainability Science
  • "Growing struggle over rising demand: How land use change and complex farmer-grazier conflicts impact grazing management in the Western Highlands of Cameroon," 2020, Land Use Policy
  • "Impacts of COVID-19 on Small-Scale Dairy Enterprises in an Indian Megacity-Insights from Greater Bengaluru," 2022, Sustainability

Some of the most frequent co-authors contributing to collaborations with Eva Schlecht are:

  • Andreas Buerkert
  • Raghavendra Bhatta
  • Sven König
  • Marion Reichenbach
  • Ana Pinto

Best Publications

  • Use of a tri-axial accelerometer for automated recording and classification of goats' grazing behaviour

    Maëg Moreau;Stefan Siebert;Andreas Buerkert;Eva Schlecht

  • The use of differentially corrected global positioning system to monitor activities of cattle at pasture

    Eva Schlecht;Christian Hülsebusch;Friedrich Mahler;Klaus Becker

  • Climate change and variability: perception and adaptation strategies of pastoralists and agro-pastoralists across different zones of Burkina Faso

    Nouhoun Zampaligré;Luc Hippolyte Dossa;Eva Schlecht

  • Exploring the diversity of urban and peri-urban agricultural systems in Sudano-Sahelian West Africa: An attempt towards a regional typology

    Luc H. Dossa;Aisha Abdulkadir;Hamadoun Amadou;Sheick Sangare

  • A spatio-temporal analysis of forage availability and grazing and excretion behaviour of herded and free grazing cattle, sheep and goats in Western Niger

    Eva Schlecht;Pierre Hiernaux;Ibrahima Kadaouré;Christian Hülsebusch

  • Livestock mobility in sub-Saharan Africa: A critical review

    Matthew D. Turner;Eva Schlecht

  • Livestock related nutrient budgets within village territories in western Niger

    Eva Schlecht;Pierre Hiernaux;François Achard;Matthew D. Turner

  • Vegetation patterns and diversity along an altitudinal and a grazing gradient in the Jabal al Akhdar mountain range of northern Oman

    Katja Brinkmann;Annette Patzelt;Uta Dickhoefer;Eva Schlecht

  • Opportunities and Challenges of Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture in Niamey, Niger:

    Sophie Graefe;Eva Schlecht;Andreas Buerkert

  • The distribution of grazing pressure in relation to vegetation resources in semi-arid West Africa : The role of herding

    Matthew D. Turner;Pierre Hiernaux;Pierre Hiernaux;Eva Schlecht

  • A comparison between urban livestock production strategies in Burkina Faso, Mali and Nigeria in West Africa.

    Hamadoun Amadou;Luc Hippolyte Dossa;Désiré Jean-Pascal Lompo;Aisha Abdulkadir

  • Grazing itineraries and forage selection of goats in the Al Jabal al Akhdar mountain range of northern Oman

    E. Schlecht;U. Dickhoefer;E. Gumpertsberger;A. Buerkert

  • Organic inputs and farmers' management strategies in millet fields of western Niger

    Eva Schlecht;Andreas Buerkert

  • Nutrient and carbon balances in organic vegetable production on an irrigated, sandy soil in northern Oman

    Konrad Siegfried;Herbert Dietz;Eva Schlecht;Andreas Buerkert

  • Production objectives and breeding practices of urban goat and sheep keepers in West Africa: regional analysis and implications for the development of supportive breeding programs

    Luc Hippolyte Dossa;Luc Hippolyte Dossa;Mamadou Sangaré;Andreas Buerkert;Eva Schlecht

  • Severe below-maintenance feed intake increases methane yield from enteric fermentation in cattle.

    John P. Goopy;Daniel Korir;David E. Pelster;A.I.M. Ali

  • Analysis of GPS trajectories to assess spatio-temporal differences in grazing patterns and land use preferences of domestic livestock in southwestern Madagascar

    Tobias Feldt;Eva Schlecht

  • Change and continuity in traditional cattle farming systems of West African Coast countries: A case study from Benin

    Sandrine O. Houessou;Luc Hippolyte Dossa;Luc Hippolyte Dossa;Rodrigue V.C. Diogo;Marcel Houinato

  • Emerging Development Pathways of Urban Livestock Production in Rapidly Growing West Africa Cities

    Regina Roessler;Serge E. Mpouam;Tichaona Muchemwa;Eva Schlecht

  • Opportunities and challenges for smallholder pig production systems in a mountainous region of Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China.

    Simon Riedel;Anne Schiborra;Christian Huelsebusch;Mao Huanming

  • Performance of three GPS collars to monitor goats' grazing itineraries on mountain pastures

    A. Buerkert;E. Schlecht

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Buerkert
Andreas Buerkert University of Kassel
Klaus Becker
Klaus Becker University of Hohenheim
Pierre Hiernaux
Pierre Hiernaux Goddard Space Flight Center
Klaus Butterbach-Bahl
Klaus Butterbach-Bahl Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Rainer Georg Joergensen
Rainer Georg Joergensen University of Kassel
Andreas Susenbeth
Andreas Susenbeth Kiel University
Osman Mahgoub
Osman Mahgoub Sultan Qaboos University
Nicolas Brüggemann
Nicolas Brüggemann Forschungszentrum Jülich
Hartmut Stützel
Hartmut Stützel University of Hannover
Frank Ordon
Frank Ordon Julius Kühn-Institut

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